14/05/2016
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The referendum campaigns redoubled their efforts this week. In less than 6 weeks you’ll be asked to decide ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?Ìý Speaking live on the programme is Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s political correspondent Iain Watson.ÌýÌý
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US drug company Pfizer has said it will restrict the supply of certain drugs to stop them being used in executions. Until yesterday it was the last remaining open-market source of drugs used for lethal injections. ÌýDAVID WILLIS, Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Correspondent in Los Angeles reports.
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Millions of people across the world are on the move and we're telling some of their stories as part of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's World On the Move day on Monday. For generations, the United States has been the destination for many Latin Americans in search of a better life. But in Miami, a different type of migration is occurring. It has become a magnet for affluent Latin Americans, arriving there with work permits, university degrees and good salaries. Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Miami Correspondent, Luis Fajardo reports.
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Students at Exeter University voted on Friday to stay in the National Union of Students after those at Newcastle (Thursday) and Lincoln (Monday) voted to leave this week. The votes have come after many student unions claimed the NUS no longer represented their views. There have also been concerns of anti-Semitism over the new President elect, Malia Bouattia. Speaking live on the programme is Jack May, English student at the university of Cambridge and founder of ‘NUS: Let Cambridge Decide’ and National Union of Students vice president Richard Brooks.
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Meet the author this week, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s book editor; James Naughtie speaks to author Kate Summerscale about her best seller The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and her new book The Wicked Boy.
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We dedicated much of yesterday’s programme to gender and, more specifically, the children as young as three who are seen at a special clinic in London for gender identity issues. Speaking live in the studio is Robin Lovell-Badge, group leader and head of the division of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute. Ìý
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Nearly every front page this morning either carries a picture of Jon Platt or reports on a landmark High Court ruling he secured yesterday after he refused to pay a £120 fine for taking his daughter on holiday during school term-time. The government says it will now consider changing the law in England. Speaking live on the programme is chair of the Education Selection Committee, Neil Carmichael.
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Kenya is sending two government ministers to the World Anti-Doping Agency headquarters in Canada to discuss WADA's decision to declare the country in breach of anti-doping rules. Kenya's strategy now seems to be to negotiate its way out of a problem that could see its athletes prevented from taking part in the Rio Olympics. Speaking live on the programme is President of World Anti-Doping Agency and former Chairman of the British Olympic Association Sir Craig Reedie and Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s sports editor, Dan Roan.
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Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to invite leading conservatives from across the political spectrum to discuss accusations of political bias. The Facebook founder and CEO have always denied allegations that Facebook routinely suppressed news stories of interest to Conservative readers. Speaking live on the programme is Dr Alison Powell who directs the LSE data and society course, in the department of media and communications and Matt Navarra, who writes about social media for tech website The Next Web.
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The referendum campaigns redoubled their efforts this week. In less than six weeks you’ll be asked to decide ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’ Both sides are rowing about the various claims being made, and we’ve chosen four contested facts - two from each side of the campaign - and asked four Â鶹ԼÅÄ editors to explain why they’re being disputed. Speaking live on the programme is Kamal Ahmed Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s economics editor, Mark Easton Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s our Â鶹ԼÅÄ Editor, Katya Adler Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s our Europe Editor and Simon Jack Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s business editor.
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US drug company Pfizer has said it will restrict the supply of certain drugs to stop them being used in executions. Until yesterday it was the last remaining open-market source of drugs used for lethal injections. We have been speaking to Bryan Stevenson who’s an attorney and director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, which has saved over 100 people from the death penalty.
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Among the films being shown at the Cannes Film Festival is Money Monster. It's a satirical thriller starring George Clooney as the presenter of TV money advice show taken hostage by a viewer who has lost his family's money due to a bad tip.Ìý The film, directed by Jodie Foster, also stars Julia Roberts, along with her co-star Jack O'Connell. Julia Roberts tells why she signed on for the role of Clooney's producer. Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s arts editor Will Gompertz reports.
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This week, a young actress called NicolaÌýThorpÌýsuccessful stoppedÌýa company insisting that women wear heels to work. She was employed as a temporary worker by agency Portico, who outsourced her to City firm PwC to work on their reception. But after turning up for her first day wearing black flat shoes, she was told to leave, unpaid.Ìý Nicola started a petition that has now has over 120 000. Speaking live in the studio is Dr Alison Bancroft, visiting professor in fashion at New York University, who specialises in the Psychocultural study of fashion, gender and sexuality and Amber Butchart, Fashion historian and associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion.
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- Sat 14 May 2016 07:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4